{"id":24010,"date":"2026-02-20T09:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/us-president-pledges-7-billion-to-reconstruct-gaza\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:46","slug":"us-president-pledges-7-billion-to-reconstruct-gaza","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/us-president-pledges-7-billion-to-reconstruct-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"US President pledges $7 billion to reconstruct Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">United States (US) President Donald Trump announced at the first meeting of his Board of Peace that nations have pledged $7 billion to a Gaza reconstruction fund aimed at rebuilding the enclave.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The gathering, which took place on Thursday in Washington, brought together world leaders and senior officials from the Middle East and Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The purpose was to advance Trump&#8217;s plan for stabilizing Gaza following last October&#8217;s ceasefire, showcasing progress toward what he calls a lasting settlement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Leaders from the Middle East and Asia convened in Washington for the inaugural meeting of Trump&#8217;s Board of Peace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Though the organisation has taken a wider role in resolving global conflicts such as Iran, Trump says the organisation remains committed to cementing Gaza&#8217;s ceasefire and reconstruction.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13479,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-24010","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Gaza reconstruction fund","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/24010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/24010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26820,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/24010\/revisions\/26820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=24010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}